College Green Plaza -- public consultation open

Before posting something as daft as that, perhaps check your facts first. Network Direct was implemented "in a matter of weeks" you think?

The first phase was implemented on Sunday 19th September 2010.

The final phase was implemented on Sunday 18th November 2012, which is over two years later.

Not in any way, shape, or form, was it implemented "in a matter of weeks".

And Network Direct was nothing like as radical as BusConnects. It didn't involve service expansion and staffing increases which this project certainly does, nor did it involve a completely different way of scheduling than used before. It was contracting the bus service rather than expanding it.

The orbitals and the Swords areas were never changed in that project.

What are the main responses from the businesses located around the proposed plaza in GG? Have they expressed any sense of disappointment that it will be delayed for another 3 years?

There was a road closure today at Christchurch / Winetavern Street, to conduct an experiment to see if two buses can pass one another while going under the archway, and what kind of clearance they have. I know, I always moved out when going down that hill and I don't think another bus would have been able to pass me.

This is one of the routes proposed for buses when the College Green plaza is closed completely and would enable routes to cross the city.

Someone mentioned back up the thread that the plaza has been delayed for 3 years- anyone know the reason given?

The key bit is the revised bus network and the changes that bus routes will take through the city centre and in particular matching different corridors up for cross-city routes.

The revised network makes avoiding College Green a lot easier as it removes all of the right turns at O’Connell Bridge, and would eliminate the need for the long dog-legs/detours that would be required for the routes currently using Dame Street and Sth Great George’s St. It would also mean not putting everything onto the Quays as the original DCC proposal did.

The money isn't necessarily ring fenced for bus connects or even for the department of transport per say. It could be spent on road schemes or fixing the defects in the children's hospital and so on.